Households in Clarcona have lower incomes than those in 95% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 24% of workers, against 16% across Florida. Below the poverty line: 14.8% of residents, where Florida as a whole has 12.6%. Clarcona grades B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clarcona and work: the main findings
The quickest commute around
Clarcona’s 27-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 30 to 31 minutes. Next door ↓
Clarcona is a place people come home to
There are 410 jobs based in Clarcona, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clarcona has about 2,700 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Clarcona works from home
24% of Clarcona workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Clarcona’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clarcona is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #354 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Clarcona’s grade up (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($41,861, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clarcona could be anywhere from C to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Clarcona
On a workday 1,584 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 407 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Clarcona on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.26 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Clarcona’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clarcona workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 926 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
27% of working residents work in Orlando
Where Clarcona clocks in
27% of workers
4% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Clarcona’s employers do
410 jobs are based in Clarcona.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clarcona, 2013 → 2023: 328 → 410. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarcona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Clarcona
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Clarcona commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clarcona is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #575 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,213 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 23% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 1% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 28.8% of Clarcona households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clarcona’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Clarcona is 2,258th among 4,264 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,256 | Mountain Iron MN | 2,835 | $83K | 11.5% | 3.3% | 21% | B− |
| 2,257 | Phoenix OR | 4,920 | $67K | 11.5% | 3.5% | 3% | B− |
| 2,258 | Clarcona FL | 3,850 | $42K | 14.8% | 2.5% | <1% | B− |
| 2,259 | Elroy NC | 3,251 | $63K | 14.0% | 2.1% | <1% | B− |
| 2,260 | Vilonia AR | 4,894 | $82K | 16.0% | 3.8% | 8% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Clarcona, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns around Clarcona
The biggest share goes to Apopka (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clarcona workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarcona | – | B− | C− | 27 min | $41,861 |
| Apopka | 3% | B+ | B− | 31 min | $96,884 |
| Ocoee | 3% | B+ | A− | 31 min | $98,911 |
| Pine Hills | under 2% | C | A | 30 min | $58,673 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clarcona’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Clarcona: questions
What is the median household income in Clarcona?
$41,861 (±$37,808) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clarcona?
14.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clarcona?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clarcona work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (27%, 15 mi), Lake Buena Vista (4%, 18 mi), Maitland (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clarcona walkable?
Clarcona is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clarcona without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 29% of households have no car. 1% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clarcona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clarcona
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.